Mechanical movement



Sept. 25, 1928. y1,685,113

G. O. WILMS MECHANICAL MOVEMENT Original Filed Apri'l 3, 1922 2 sheetpsheex, l

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G. O. WILMS n HECHANI CAL MOVEMENT Original Filed April 3. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 f) wf 0% Patented Sept. 25, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,685,113 PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV O. WILMS, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE.ELEIIIANCE` COM- PA'NY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, CORPOELATIONl OF WISCONSIN.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

Orig'inal application led April 3, 1922. Serial November 15, 1924.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improve ments in mechanical moveas, for example,

circuits for reversing motors arranged for plugging or dynamic braking,

and is a division Number 549,35?

of my application Serial filed April 3, 1922, which matured into Patent No. 1,522,766 on J anuary 13, 1926.

This invention has for one ot its objects to provide a mechanical movement for selective contact making and braking devices having two independent movableJ members mechanically interlocked to insure one being opened when the other is closed.

In the operation of polyphase squirrel cage motors controlled by often desirable motor quickly magnet switches,it is to automatically stop the by plugging, that is, by

quickly disconnecting the motor and reconnecting it at once to the supply line with one phase reversed, this connection being maintained until very few revolutions motor comes to the speed diminishes to a per minute or until the rest. Ordinarily two double pole double throw magnetic switches are necessary, or two mechanical interlocking magnetic switches with spring contacts are required, together closed down with a third two pole single throw magnetic switch if the motor is to be operated in both forward and reverse directions and if it is desired to stop the same quickly by plugging.

It is, therefore,

another object of this invention to accomplish the same result, be-

fore described, double pole sing by employing only two le throw magnetic switches in which the contact making and braking device serves as a mechanical interlock for the double pole switches and selects switches,

together with the circuits which they control` in proper sequence, so that as long as the yforward switch is operated to start the motor, the reverse switch is selected for plugging and operated to start the motor, switch is selected when the reverse switch is the forward for plugging.

This invention as a still further object contemplates the provision of a selector switch construction operatively connected with a forwar d and reversinglr switch so No. 5493353. Divided and this application led Serial No. 750,163.

motor, equipped with ytwo separate seriesy fields, through the proper field to thus pro-v duce a dynamic stopping effect and procure the immediate stopping of the motor.

It is a still further object of this invenvtion to provide a switch of the type described which may be applied to various control systems and which is so mechanically constructed as to positively prevent the closing of both the reverse and the forward switches at the same time.

`With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of a switch construction embodying my invention, a part thereof being broken away and in section to more clearly illustrate structural details;

Figure 2 is a front view thereof with the parts in the positions they occupy when the eft hand switch is closed and the motor operating in one direction.

Figure 3 is aperspective view of my improved selector switch detached from the motor circuit closing switches, vand Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the various circuits.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 designates a support base or board of suitable insulating material upon which the switch mechanisms are mounted. Fixed on base 5, to one side and near the upper end thereof, is a standard G carrying on its outer end a stationary contact 7 which cooperates with a movable contact 8 on one end ot an armature 9. The

'Tf1y lun other end of the armature is pivotally secured` b v a pin 10, between the sides of a substantially U-shaped bracket member 11 and positioned inedially of the armature is a magnet coil 12 which is included in the circuit of a suitable control mechanism (not shown) such as a shipper' rod, or the like.

Also mounted on the other side of base adjacent the upper end thereof is a switch construction including a supporting standard carrying a stationary contact 13 adapted to be engaged by a movable Contact 14 fixed to one end of an armature 15. The other end ot' armature 15 is pivotally secured between the sides of a substantially U-shaped bracket member 16, by a pin 17, a magnet coil 1S being positioned medially of the armature and adapted, upon energization, to draw the armature theretoward, electrically connecting contacts 13 and 14. In the present illustration, the switch on the left side of the base is a reversing switch and the other a forward switch.

Mounted on the pivoted ends of armatures 9 and 15 are two inwardly projecting arms 19 and 20, respectively, arranged at substantially right angles with respect thereto with their inner adjacent ends spaced and terminating adjacent the opposite sides of the hub 21 of a selector switch 22, to be later described, which is journaled on a pin or post 23 carried by base 5.

Angularly projected from hub 21 is an arm 24, the outer end of which is bored to provide means for securement therein of a contact member 25, the opposite fates ot which protrude beyond the sides of the arm for selective electrical connection with spaced fixed contacts 26 and 27 connected by conductors 28 and 29, respectively, with fields 31 and 30, respectively, of a series motor M.

The selector switch may be moved through an angle about pin 23 as an axis, equal to the distance between contacts 26 and 2T, and arms 32 and 33 are formed on the outer end of hub 21 and project in opposite directions in front of the arms 19 and 20, respectively. Extended in opposite directions from the inner end of hub 21 are arms 34 and 35, said arms being parallel to arms 32 and 33, but back of arms 19 and 20, respectively, and not in a vertical plane with arms 32 and 33.

A pin 36 extends through arm 19 and makes substantially an angle of 90 degrees with the face thereof and has its inner end engageable with the ripper face of arm 34 and its outer face engagoablc with the lower face of arm 32. Arm 19, being iliade fast to armature or movable member 9, turns on pin as an axis when member 9 moves and the distance from the center of pin l0 to arm 32 is substantially twice that from said pin to arm 34. Consequently, when pin 3G is in cngageuient with arm 34 the angle through which the selector switch moves, as member 9 moves through an angle, is only one-halt of the angle. through which the selector' switch moves when pin 36 is in engagement with arm 32 and member 9 moves through an equal angle.

Extended through arm 2O is a pin 37 which is substantially identical with pin 3 and which works in connection with arms 33 and in the same manner pin 3G works with respect to arms and 34, and,- there` fore. 'further description thereof is deemed unnecessary.

A threaded stud 38 extends through a bracket 39 carried by base 5, and is locked 1n any desired position of adjustment by nuts 39 ou either side of the bracket. A spring 40 has an eye-loop bent in either end, one end passing through an aperture drilled through stud 38 and the other end carriesl a link 41. the opposite end of which engages a pin larried by arm 24 of the selector switch near the outer end thereof. Link 4l, as illustrated in Figure 2, has itsl medial portion bowed or bent to prevent interference with the movement thereof by pin 23, and spring 40 and link 41 exert a force tending to move the selector switch toward contact 26 when arm 24 is in the left half of its arc, with reference to Figure 2, and to move it toward contact 27 when the saine as in the right half of the arc.

The positive line 43 of the feed wires is electrically connected to the pivot pin or post 23 from which leads a conductor 44 to the armature A of the motor and with contacts 7 to 8 closed, as illustrated in Figure 2, the circuit is through armature A, field 30, a conductor 45 to contact 8 through a lead 46, Contact 7 and out through the negative side of the line 47. lith the. parts in this position, contacts 25 and 26 of the selector switch are in spaced relation and the force of spring 40 tends to engage said contacts. As illustrated in the diagrammatic view, magnet coils 12 and 13 are connected with a controlling device S, which may be a manually actuated switch, or any other type of control, by a wire 43 leading to the movable contact C oi the control and wires 49 and 50 leading to the fixed cont-acts C and C', respectively of the controlling devi ce, the wire 48 being connected with the line 47, the conductor 49 being connected with one side of the magnet coil 12 and the conductor 50 being connected with one side ot' the magneteoil 13. the other sides` of the magnet coils being connected with the conductor 43 ot' the line by wires 12 and 18', respectively.

lVith the parts as illustrated in Figure 2, conductors 48 and 49 are electrically connected through the control mechanism, S;

coil 12 is energized; contacts 7 and 8 are electrically engaged and motor M operates in reverse. direction.

lVhen conductors 48 and 49 are electrically disconnected by actuation of the control device S, coil 12 is deencrgized and contacts 7 and 8 electri -ally disconnected by a spring and the resilient or yielding connection 51 between contact 8 and armature?) and the selector switch arm 24 moved to the lett, with reference to Figure 2, to electrically connect contactsl 25 and QG. With contacts 25 and 2G electrically connected armature KY is shortI circnited through field 3l to dynamically brake the motor. 'lliiscircu't is then through positive side ot armature lVith the parts in the position just described, that is, both the, forward and reverse switches open and contacts 25 and 26 electrically connected, between conductors 48 and 50 at. the cont-rol mechanism. will energize coil 1S causing armature 15 to electrically engage. contacts 13 and 14. The circuit is then through field 31. which is connected to the armature with its polarity reversed to that ot field 30, and the motor operates in a forward direction` that is in a direction reverse to that direction when contacts T and S are electrically connected. The current then flows through conductor post 23, conductor 44, armature A, ield 31, conductor contact 14. contact 13 and then out through the negative side of the line 47. The movement of armature 15 toward its coil 18 breaks the electric connection between contacts Q5 and 26 prior to the enga-gement of contacts 13 and 14 and the selector switch arm 24 is moved to the right side et its are with contacts 25 and 27 retained in spaced relation. A

Then lines 48 and 50 are electrically disconnected by operation of the control device, contacts 13 and 14 separate and contacts 25 and 2T are electrically connected in the manner described in connection with contacts Q5 andlG, and armature A then short circuited through field 30, by conductor 45, conductor Q9, contacts 27 and Q5, pivot 23 and conductor 44.

As will be readily obvious, this improved mechanical moven'ient permits the provision oll a switch construction capable ot' use in connection with the operation of polyphase squirrel cage motors to stop the same'by plugging without in any manner altering the principle of operation as described in connection with dynamic braking of the motor.

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

1. A mechanical movement, comprisingr a movable member, an arm movable between predetermined spaced points, means normally urging the arm to engage either of said points, a connection between said member and arm whereby a movement of the an electrical connection.

member to one position moves the arm against its urging means to one side ot' an imaginary line drawn between the points trom where the urging means tends to move the arm toward the adjacent point, and means holding the arm spaced from the adjacent point against its urging means. lsaid last means permitting the arm to be moved by its urging nzeans to complete its move-k ment toward the adjacent point upon the reverse movement ot' the member a predetermined distance.

A mechanical movement, comprising a movable member'. an arm movable between a pair of spaced points, means normally urging the arm to engage either one of said points, a connection between said member and arm whereby a movement of the member to one position moves the arm against its urging means to one side ot an imaginary line drawn'between the points from where the urging means tends to move the arm toward the adjacentpoint, means holding the arm spaced from said adjacent point aga-inst its urging means, said last meansl permitting the arm to be moved by its urging means to complete its movement toward the adjacent point upon the reverse movement ot' the member a predetermined distance, a second movable member, a connection between the second movable member and arm whereby movement of said member to one position moves the arm against its urging means to the other side of the imaginary line drawn between the points from where the urging means tends to move it toward the other point, and means con` nected with the second movable member and holding the arm spaced from said last-mentioned point against its urging means and permitting the arm to be moved by its urgingr means to complete its movement toward the last-mentioned point upon the reverse movement of the second mentioned member a predetermined distance.

3. A mechanical movement, comprising a movable member` an arm movable between ak pair of spaced points, means normally urging the arm to engage either one of said.` points, a connection between said member and arm whereby a movement ot the member to one position moves the arm againstv its urging means to one side of an imaginary line drawn between the points from where the urging means tends to move the arm toward the adjacent point. means holding the arm spaced from said adjacent point against its urging means, said last means permitting the arm to be moved by its urging means to complete its movement toward the adjacent point upon the reverse movement of the member a predetermined distance, a second movable member. a connection between the second movable member and arm whereby movement of said member to one position moves the arm against its urging means to the other side of the imaginary line drawn between the points from where the urging means tends to move it toward said other point, means connected with the second movable member and holding the arm spaced from said last-mentioned point against its urging means and permitting the arm to be moved by its urging means to complete its movement toward the last-mentioned point upon the reverse movement of the member a predetermined distance, and means restraining one movable member from operation while the other is in its position holding the arm spaced from its adjacent point on the side of the imaginary line to which the arm has been moved by the member.

4. A mechanical movement, comprising a movable member, an arm movable between predetermined spaced points, means normally urging the arm toward one of said points, and a connection between said member and arm, whereby a movement of the member to one position will move the arm to one side of an imaginary line drawn between the points but spaced from the adjacent point and a reverse movement of the member a predetermined distance will permit the arm to complete its movement toward the adjacent point under the actionr of said urging means.

5. A mechanical movement, comprising a base member, an arm, means pivotally mounting the arm on the base member for swinging movement on a plane substantially parallel with the surface of the base member, stops mounted on the base member \in spaced relation and with which the outer end portion of the arm is selectively engageable, means yieldably urging the outer end portion of the arm toward either of said stops, a pair of actuating members, means mounting the actuating members on the base member for movement toward and away from the base member, and an interlock between the actuating members and arm, whereby movement of one actuating member toward the base member swings the outer end port-ion of the arm to one side of an imaginary line drawn through the pivot of the arm from a point between the spaced stops and a corresponding movement of the other actuating member swings the outer end portion of the arm to the other side of the imaginary line.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my si nature.

GUSTAV O. WI MS. 

